Chapter 220

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Chapter 220: Why Does This Whale Eat Everything Fun?

Lolth pulled out the grayish-white whale statue from her pocket and found that it was this little statue that absorbed the power of the ancient runes.

Just like before, when it absorbed the Power of the Evil God and the "forbidden spell magic" released by Patricia, it seemed to consciously draw the runes toward itself.

After Lolth placed the whale statue in her palm, it got even closer to the runes, pulling all of them towards itself.

Soon, it transformed those runes into pure magic and absorbed them all.

It seemed that, for it, the power of the runes, the Power of the Evil God, and the magic of the forbidden spell were all the same.

However, Lolth felt something new and interesting.

Earlier, she had guessed that the little whale statue’s condition for absorbing magic might be the concentration of that magic.

But the absorption of these stable and ancient runes led Lolth to a new idea.

Although the individual rune had a high magic concentration, it was far from being as high as that special "ray forbidden spell" or the core of a legendary evil god’s servant.

And these three have a whole new common feature.

They all are "very old."

Patricia’s forbidden magic of rays, although Lolth doesn’t quite understand what it is, still feels familiar to her since she lived in the Mercury Ruins for a while; it shouldn’t be a spell made by modern or recent mages.

Whether it’s the Power of the Evil God from the creations of dark gods, ancient runes, or spells with peculiar thoughts, they all have significant differences but are completely different from modern magic structures.

Moreover, being born in an era rich in magic, they still have some common traits.

"Is it the concentration that is working, or some kind of ‘ancient extraordinary power structure’s common trait’ that is having an effect?"

However, when faced with problems, Lolth is not someone who just guesses blindly without thinking.

Even though she often doesn’t feel like using her brain, she truly has quite a sharp "logical thinking."

To prove this and satisfy her curiosity, as well as to understand what this little whale really is, Lolth set up a simple comparison experiment.

First, she created a large ball of pure, formless magic and used her strong control to compress it into a high concentration of chaotic energy, pushing it toward the statue of a whale.

The whale statue absorbed this magic as usual, even a bit faster than when it absorbed the power from runes and the Power of the Evil God.

Next, she added some mixed elemental properties to the magic, blending them together while forcefully suppressing their opposing reactions, but the overall structure remained chaotic.

This time, the whale statue absorbed a little slower, but it started to actively absorb the magic when it was closer to it.

Then, there was the chaotic magic with a lower concentration—no active absorption, but it absorbed a bit when it was pushed against it.

She then tried to compress the current main rune structure of the continent into a high concentration—after it stayed still for a while, it was absorbed by the whale statue, but with low efficiency.

After that came the low-concentration mainstream rune structure and modern magic structure, which were not absorbed at all.

Finally, there was the low-concentration, almost stationary Power of the Evil God or rune power—this also was absorbed very slowly after it was almost touching the surface.

Through this simple comparison experiment, Lolth reached a conclusion.

The whale statue absorbs magical energy, influenced by both the concentration and the structure.

The closer it gets to ancient or purer magical structures, it seems to become more familiar, and the efficiency of absorption increases.

When the concentration of magic exceeds a certain level, the whale will actively start to absorb, and the radius of absorption grows as the concentration of the magic source increases.

The higher the concentration, the further it can absorb.

For ancient runes like this, the absorption range is only about ten centimeters, but for the power of the Evil God and the forces within forbidden spells, it is much closer.

Through this, Lolth gained a basic understanding of this thing.

"Are you some kind of ancient great monster?"

Firstly, this creature must have lived in ancient times; otherwise, it wouldn’t absorb pure magic environments and somewhat aged magical structures faster—clearly, it is more skilled at handling those long-standing magical structures.

Furthermore, this thing, in its adult form and not asleep, must have been an extremely terrifying being in ancient times.

Absorbing high concentrations of magic without distinction… This talent seems frightening to think about.

This is just a "instinct" that shows while sleeping.

"I hope you are a friendly creature," Lolth poked the whale’s tail, feeling it was a bit softer than the stone texture she felt before, "Otherwise, I might have to consider you as a special ingredient…"

She said with a hint of humor.

Lolth could not recognize what this thing was, after all, there are very few records about ancient civilizations and ancient creatures.

It seems that "End of Days" really did exist and happened.

And it swept across the entire main plane.

Otherwise, nothing would be left behind except for ruins.

Although she thought that a certain Demon King and her ancestors in the Abyss might have some clues about this whale’s origin, she wasn’t very eager to ask them about it.

Although the turtle came out of the water almost at the same time as the box, it probably does not know anything about the whale’s origin, based on its limited understanding of the "Versatile Kitchenware" on Kanor.

It probably doesn’t even know that there is a magical beast living inside the Versatile Kitchenware—if the turtle knew anything, with its sharp tongue and talkative personality, it would not be able to keep it a secret.

Everything seems to depend on waiting until the whale fully awakens before making a judgment.

Lolth thought this and fed it some runes.

"However, the main plane is so vast; maybe that hidden master could recognize the origin of this thing…"

With this thought, an image of someone suddenly appeared in Lolth’s mind.

The guardian of her eldest disciple Kanor, who runs a small tavern in Hillenbrand Town and is always mysterious, with a name that is not even clear.

If there is anyone among the people she knows in the main plane who might know what this magical creature is, it could only be that landlady.

Moreover, she seems to have a rather friendly attitude towards her…

"Let’s take a chance. If she doesn’t know, we can say it’s a visit to Kanor and try her cooking—it’s also a good time to ask her opinion about moving the tavern."

Lolth thought this and made her decision, setting off for Hillenbrand Town.